Calculate Body Surface Area

Calculate Body Surface Area

Usage

bsa(weight, height, method = "Dubois")

Arguments

weight

weight of a subject (kg)

height

height of a subject (cm)

method

String to dictate which equation to use. Dubois or Mosteller.

Value

bsa (m^2)

See also

Other body_composition: aibw(), bmi(), bmic(), dubois_bsa(), ibw(), mosteller_bsa()

Examples

bsa(70, 170)
#> [1] 1.809708
#> attr(,"units")
#> [1] "m^2"
bsa(70, 170, method = "Mosteller")
#> [1] 1.818119
#> attr(,"units")
#> [1] "m^2"
bsa(70, 170, method = "Dubois")
#> [1] 1.809708
#> attr(,"units")
#> [1] "m^2"